Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate
Object Number:
1961.111
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 in. ( 2.5 x 25.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: in blue on base within scrolling cartouche: "ALBANY"
paper label: affixed: "From the collection of C.S. Lunt"
Description:
Circular pearlware plate with eight scallops to rim, molded foot ring, transfer-printed in blue with central image of pastoral scene with two cows and two men in skiff on water in foreground, house on left, town in foreground; floral decorative band on brim, with stylized decorative band.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
